Horrible experience! If I could I would give no star at all!!! Today my mother who just had heart…read morebypass surgery had an appointment with Dr. Ginkel she was 5min or less late to her appointment and she was forced to reschedule. The individual who attends the front desk has a lack of sympathy. Absolutely rude and no people skills to even be working in the medical field. Unfortunately this is not the first incident with this office and with this same person. I also noticed this is not the only negative review for this office. I really hope Dr. Ginkel takes the time to read these reviews especially because they come from his patients. This woman deserves to not have a job its obvious she hates it. She should definitely find a job where her attitude and customer service wouldn't affect other people specially people who have a hard time physically moving because of their illnesses.

Great visit! Gave that treadmill the business! Very friendly Nurse/Technician...whatever she was,…read moreshe was fantastic and professional. In and out in 30-40min, maybe...

Get Them Out Of The Dungeon…read more.. Pros: Well equipped. Reasonable scheduling. Reports ready in a day. Cons: Waiting room (currently in the basement) Ratings: - Overall: 4 - Front Desk: 5 - Waiting Area: 3 - Scheduling: 4 - Medical Assistants: 5 - Technicians: 5 - Scheduling: 4 - Doctors: 4 - Billing: 5 - Parking: 4 I've had periodic problems which might be related to heart issues...so my doctor referred me to Coastal Cardiology for diagnostic tests during the past 3 years - 2 echocardiograms and 1 nuclear stress test. Pros: - Location: Very good. On the outskirts of downtown SLO on the first floor of French Hospital. The lab where tests are conducted is in the basement, but they're scheduled to move to the 3rd floor in the spring of 2026. - Front Desk People: Busy but friendly. - Scheduling: Convenient. A popular place, but they do their best. I get online reminders a week in advance and haven't had the communication problems mentioned by others. - Medical Assistants: Fine. I've waited less than 15 minutes to be taken inside. - Technicians: No problems. They all seemed to be knowledgeable and able to answer most questions. - Doctors: Fine. I saw a different doctor during each appointment...Bandari (he's since moved into his own practice), Niku and Dennish. Dr. Dennish gave the most complete answers to questions. They won't say much unless you ask, but reports are ready in a day. - Billing: No problem so far. Medicare and my supplemental Medicare insurance (Blue Cross) has taken care of everything. - Parking: Sufficient. The lot around French Hospital is big, but there are lots of patients and visitors. Con: - Waiting Area: Okay. It's clean and uncluttered, but kind of dark since they're in the basement with no windows. From what I've gathered, Coastal Cardiology seems to be the best equipped cardiology diagnostic center in the area. Their upcoming move to the 3rd floor of French Hospital will get them out of the dungeon.

I wonder if the name change has anything to do with their previous poor reviews. It didn't help. I…read morehave the same experiences as I did a year ago. No one actually answers the phone, ever. If you get a call back it's a week after you left a message, if at all. The latest is that they call you and expect you to change your appointment at the drop of a hat. The doctor I have is pompous and arrogant. I'm not impressed with his work either. As soon as I get what I want from him, which is clearance for an elective surgery, I'm going cardiologist shopping.

Everyone is super nice all the time but I left around 3 voicemails and called a few times more…read moreduring the last week to get some questions answered. Never heard anything back.

Highly Recommend Coastal Cardiology! My mother was diagnosed with Congestive heart failure and we…read morewere afraid that we would loose her and my dad in the same year. We took her to Dr Bandari for a second opinion and switched to him on the spot. Dr Bandari and his staff are very caring and professional. Under his care for one year my mother is thriving! She has energy and we are grateful to him for all the blessings we can share with her.

My husband and I were shocked late last year when, without symptoms, we learned he had a birth…read moredefect and would need aortic valve replacement, requiring open-heart surgery. We feel extremely fortunate that he came to be in Dr. Bandari's care. Dr. Bandari is not only extremely talented and skilled, but his bedside manner is unsurpassed. He has a sense of humor when appropriate, and an amazing demeanor of care and concern. My husband has been seen by him probably ten times now, both before and after the surgery, and we have never felt rushed or that any question was stupid, and we have had a LOT of questions! His photo doesn't portray it, but he has such sincerity to him; a love and dedication for his profession. We had referrals for several top-notch cardiologists in our area, and chose Dr. Bandari because he is young. My husband is in his mid-fifties, and we wanted a doctor who would not be retiring too soon. We are so pleased with our decision.

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If I could rate it 0 stars I would. Ahmed makes me wonder…read moreif she even actually went to school to become a doctor or paid to become one. She talks to me like I am a dog who doesn't understand English or cannot hear because of that tone of hers is so aggressive. It's like if she wants the appointment to be over quickly or something I don't know what's up with her but I highly think she doesn't have a passion for the profession she picked. Keep in mind how it takes forever to even get an appointment here in the first place... I wanted to discuss about my situation ON A FOLLOW UP & it was taken into a "not having enough time to talk about it so schedule another appointment... THAT IS THE REASON WHY AM I THERE WASTING MY TIME TO TALK TO SOME IGNORANT "DOCTOR". it is not my fault if the office is backed up and trying to make the pace go faster or what not. The nurses care more than the doctor her self like cmon, do better. It makes no sense how a "doctor" doesn't care to hear about a patient's health if that's why we are there in the first place. She Highly lacks on explaining properly. Every time feels like a huge waste of my time coming here.

It was a great experienced with first time appointment. The doctor was nice and the secretary as…read morewell.

Dr Holve is the best by far of all the cardiologists I have been too, and that is quite a few. He…read morelistened and carefully and thoughtfully answered all of my questions, including some lingering questions that were not answered by previous cardiologists. He is up to date on the latest research and is quite knowledgeable on nutrition. My consultation with him was about the best I have had with any doctor.

From the owner: This provider is part of Sutter Health, dedicated to creating a more personalized healthcare…read moreexperience.

When I look at a review, I start with 1 stars, weed out the ridiculous stuff and see if there is a…read moreconsistent pattern for the 1 star review. I'm writing this review because I can see someone else had issues that appear to be valid. I had a dual chamber pacemaker implanted last fall. I met with Dr. Gidney who answered some questions and seemed personable to me. I also have hiked with a retired cardiologist who spoke positively of him, but wasn't aware that he was doing pacemakers. Dr. Gidney did tell me that the implant would be hardly noticeable which has definitely not been the case for me because I am not overweight and in good shape. In fact, and this is going to sound crazy, but I was awake when he did the procedure, being fed sedatives intravenously, no gas, and listening to the talk from the technicians who all really seemed competent to me and knew what they were doing. I believe they were Cottage hospital employees. At one point during the procedure I heard Dr. Gidney say somethig, not the exact words perhaps, like "This isn't going well" and getting really frustrated. I am guessing it had to do with getting the pacemaker implanted and getting the skin surrounding it to stitch up properly. And this is really the main issue, the skin hasn't healed properly and when I went into their office and told the NP she said it was all fine. Another review mentioned how cold these people are, this NP was no exception. She struck me as really inexperienced as well. I showed her stitches that weren't dissolving and she said they were a scab. At 71, I have had a few stitiches and my life and can certainly tell the difference. This woman in my opinion was imcompetent. There are 3 doctors in my family so I don't say this without that support. Recently the PA at the dermatologist office also noted the spot where the skin wasn't healing and still scabbed during a skin check and thought there wa something going on underneath and susggested I contact them, I would have but they fired me for calling out the NP inability to assist me and suggesting that she wasn't competent. I can't speak to the other procedures this Dr. performs, but I would definitely not get a pacemaker implanted by him or deal with anyone in his office. They truly are coldhearted and not competent at what they do.

Dr. Gidney is the coldest most uncaring doctor I have ever met and I've met hundreds of doctors in…read moremy life both as a patient and as experts in my cases where I help people. He refuses to make you feel comfortable asking questions and treats you like he's better than you. I wanted him to do my ablasion because he has done a lot of them but both him and his staff are just the coldest people I have ever met. I would instead find a cardiologist who treats you like a human being and not a number. Avoid Dr. Gidney. I think doctors from my generation had a lot more life experience and empathy for patients. No empathy in this office.

Dr. Lardizabal was very knowledgeable and helped me to really understand my condition. He was not…read morerushed and really spent time with me. His staff is extremely helpful and made sure I was taken care of.

I was sent to see the lizard about 2 years ago by my primary care physician. I was not happy with…read morethe pill pushing little shrimp. his bedside manner stinks he's arrogant condescending rude doesn't listen to your concerns and walks out of the room when you're explaining your concerns. he ran a few tests on me told me my heart was strong and fine but my cholesterol was high and tried to push a statin on me I refused to take statins he became very annoyed. I left his office and went to see Dr wischman in Templeton. after several tests they discovered I had a 99% blocked artery and had a stent put in. then they discovered i needed open heart surgery to repair a wide open mitravalve. Dr Perry in Pismo performed the surgery at French hospital.. Dr Perry Dr wischman Dr Doria saved my life. the lizard only wanted me to take pills in 3 years I would have died.stay away from the lizard he's not a good cardiologist. I heard pill pushing doctors make a bundle from big pharma by loading patients up on pills.

Rude and barely helpful staff. They frequently do not answer their phones. They provided inaccurate…read moreinfo to my husband. I spent a day and a half trying to correct them and ensure he would be seen despite what we were told. No consideration for patients having to prep and don't want to do so if they will be turned away. I don't know what the doc is like but based on staff, including office manager, I'd recommend going elsewhere if that's an option. In addition, rescheduled an appointment but they gave us an incorrect time so we were late. Thankfully he was seen after prepping for the procedure.

New Patient Forms, an Adobe .pdf that cannot be used. Printouts then arthritis hands for pages of…read morewriting - who can read it anyway? TOTALY not adaptable for the handicapped elderly patient. Print out forms, another batch comes in the USPS. Been at this now for two hours. Unintelligible but who cares? Computers and ADOBE having just arrived on the scene is too advanced. Or - maybe the staff doesn't know enough to help. Or - maybe they have the least trained woman on the phones. https://gisantamaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/New-patient-forms.pdf